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Muscle Nerve. 2022 Feb;65(2):135-136. doi: 10.1002/mus.27456. Epub 2021 Nov 26.

Combining multiple measures into a summary index: A step toward more reliable measurement.

Muscle & nerve

Lawrence R Robinson

Affiliations

  1. Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 34766361 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27456

[No abstract available.]

Keywords: nerve conduction studies; polyneuropathy; reference values; reliability; sensitivity

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